Chapter 598. to amend section six hundred and eighty-five of the Revised Statutes relating to the District of Columbia
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CHAP. 598.— An Act to amend section six hundred and eighty-five of the Revised Statutes relating to the District of Columbia.July 9, 1888. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Illegal detainer of real estate, District of Columbia.[R. S, D. C., sec. 685, p. 82, amended](/us/rs/dc/s685/p82). That section numbered six hundred and eighty-five of the Revised Statutes relating to the District of Columbia, be and the same is hereby, amended, so as to read as follows:
" “Sec. 685. The summons shall be served like other writs of summonsServing summons. at least seven days before the appearance of the party complained of, but in case such party has left the District of Columbia, or cannot be found, said summons may be served by delivering a written or printed, or partly written and partly printed copy thereof to the tenant, or to the agent or attorney of the defendant if he be known, or leaving the same with some person of suitable discretion above the age of sixteen years residing on or in possession of the premises, and in case no one is in actual possession of said premises or residing thereon, then by posting a copy of said summons on the premises where it may be conveniently read.
” " Approved, July 9, 1888.